Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Normally the DT gals from Team A will post their cards/projects today and the Team B gals will post theirs next week. But because we have a Summer Blog Hop scheduled for next week (make sure you hop along next week!), woo-hoo...today the whole gang's here! Hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge to get the complete details on the challenge and how you can play along. Check out the fabulous cards/projects that my DT teammates have created to inspire you to join us in the fun.

Here's my birthday card...

And who can resist these two adorable Tildas from Magnolia Stamps that I'm featuring:

Friday, May 23, 2014

We had a 'Spring Colours' Blog Hop a few weeks ago at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge and the DT gals had offered candies of their own. I used the Random Number Generator to pick the winner of mine from among those who commented on my Blog Hop posting.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

We're currently midway in our 'Sunny Yellow'challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge. It's Team B's turn to post our DT cards/projects to inspire you to play along with us. Hop over to the Magnolia-licious Challenge to get the details on the challenge and how you can join in the fun. Check out the fabulous cards/projects that my DT teammates have created.

The challenge is to use some yellow on your card/project. Well, I used lots of it! Here's my card.

This was my swing card or flip card in a previous posting and this is a tutorial on how to make a swing card like it.

Before I get into the instructions, just mentioning that I've done a similar tutorial for a swing-card (I'll call that Version 1) HERE, but this new one is for another version of the swing-card (and let's call this Version 2)--with a different placement of the shaped swing panel. Here are pictures of the older card and newer one so you can see the difference.

version 1swing panel is centered

version 2swing panel is off to the side

The steps to follow are similar but not the same. And I like to think that I've improved on the original techniques...tee hee. Okay, here we go... (Warning: this tutorial is picture loaded.)

Step 2
On your 9" x 6" (15cm x 22.5cm) designer paper, pencil-draw a vertical line at 3" (7.5cm) and a horizontal line midway at 3" (7.5cm). These lines are to help you centre your shape die.

Step 3
Place your shape die exactly centered on the drawn lines a shown. Secure in place with your removable tape - it's better if you use 3 or 4 pieces of tape.

Step 4
Sandwich your designer paper between the two cutting pads and run it through your die-cutting machine. Without removing the tape pieces and the die itself, remove the die-cut piece from the centre leaving a centre opening on your designer paper.

Step 5
Place your designer paper on top of your cardstock, lining up the paper edges, and secure in place with the removable tapes that are already there.

Step 6
With your die's blade-side down, place your papers between the two cutting pads for your die-cutting machine. Ensuring that edge of the top cutting pad is lined up along the 2 7/8" (7.2cm) vertical line (drawn in Step 1 above), run the 'sandwich' through the die-cutting machine.

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Step 7
Now turn your papers around 180 degrees and repeat Step 6 with the top cutting pad up lined up along the 4 5/8" (11.55cm) vertical line this time.

Step 8
Separate the papers. Place your cardstock upside down on your scoreboard and score at 3" (7.5cm) as shown.